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Tuesday, April 29, 2008 - Posts

  • The Earmark Gap


    Per The Hill , Hillary Clinton is requesting $2.3 billion in earmarks for 2009. That number alone doesn’t mean much unless you compare it to the combined $0 being requested by John McCain and Barack Obama. Clinton has every reason to request a load of Read More...
  • Hoosier Daddy?


    Slate 's Timothy Noah passes along this analysis: “Right here, over 200 Hoosiers built parts that guided our military’s smart bombs to their targets,” Hillary Clinton says in a TV spot currently airing in Indiana. The camera zooms in on a shuttered factory Read More...
  • Wright Off


    In a press conference today, Barack Obama pronounced himself "outraged" and "saddened" at "the spectacle" of the Rev. Jeremiah Wright’s recent remarks alleging that the government invented AIDS, equating U.S. military efforts abroad with terrorism, and Read More...
  • Permanent Holiday


    The “gas-tax holiday” recommended by John McCain (and endorsed in part by Hillary Clinton) proposes a temporary reduction of the federal gas tax by 18.4 cents per gallon between Memorial Day and Labor Day. But how temporary would it likely be? Reimposing Read More...
  • "Hillary Deathwatch" Odds: 12.9 Percent


    A media frenzy over the Rev. Wright, a bump in matchup polls, and a key North Carolina endorsement buoy Clinton's chances 0.5 points to 12.9 percent . The response to the Rev. Wright's speech at the National Press Club was so negative, some papers must Read More...
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